Rod Stewart's ultimate surprise for like-minded hobbyists
Rod Stewart has paid a surprise visit to a local business in Sydney's west, mingling with like-minded hobbyists.
On Wednesday night, the 78-year-old rockstar took to the stage of Sydney's Qudos Bank Arena in front of 21,000 adoring fans, performing his classic hits in a signature leopard print jacket.
But just hours before, he stopped in at Woodpecker Model Railways, a model train store located in Pendle Hill, in search of model trains to add to his vast collection.
"Look who casually walked into our shop," the business shared on their Facebook page, alongside a photo of staff members smiling with the rock legend.
"That's amazing!!!" one follower wrote on Facebook.
"WOW how awesome !! Lucky you !!I think I would be in total admiration [and] shock if Rod walked into a shop I owned or was in lol," another said.
"A very accomplished modeller..... sings a bit as well....." another wrote.
Rod Stewart has long been known as a keen model train builder, revealing in a 2019 interview with Railway Modeller magazine that he had been working on a giant and intricate model of a United States city at home for the previous 23 years.
Following his admission in the interview, BBC Radio 2's Jeremy Vine suggested Stewart did not build the model himself, to which Stewart rebutted as he called into Vine's show to set the record straight himself.
"I would say 90 per cent of it I built myself," Stewart insisted to Vine. "The only thing I wasn't very good at and still am not is the electricals, so I had someone else do that."
"A lot of people laugh at it being a silly hobby, but it's a wonderful hobby," he said.
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